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①(2019·全国卷Ⅱ)There's tension and anxiety(anxious) from the beginning as Nick and Amy battle for your trust.

②(2018·天津卷)Anxiously(anxious) I went to bed dreaming about what I would find at the top of this magical mountain.

③The old woman was waiting for the return of her relatives with anxiety. [能力提升]——完成句子/句式升级

我非常担心即将到来的考试，以至于晚上睡不着觉。

①I am so_anxious_about_the_coming_exam_that I can hardly sleep at night. ②So_anxious_about_the_coming_exam_am_I_that I can hardly sleep at night. (部分倒装)

[联想发散] 表示“渴望(做)某事”的常用短语还有：be eager for/to do sth.；long for/to do sth.；desire for/to do sth.等。

3．pain n．疼痛；痛苦；辛苦；努力 (1)have pains/a pain in ……部位疼 be in pain 在痛苦中；在苦恼中 (2)spare no pains 不遗余力，全力以赴 take pains to do sth.尽力/费苦心/下苦功做某事 (3)painful adj.疼痛的；痛苦的 painfully adv.痛苦地

in so much physical and emotional pain 身心都非常痛苦 spare no pains to finish the task on time 不遗余力地按时完成任务 take great pains to learn a foreign language well 尽力学好一门外语

[名师点津] pain指精神上的痛苦时为不可数名词；指肉体上的疼痛时，可数、不可数均可；指“辛苦、刻苦、努力”时，要用复数形式。

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①(2019·全国卷Ⅰ)Learning English as a second language can be a_painful(pain) experience.

②He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain.

③If you want to succeed in the work, you must take pains(pain) to do it. [能力提升]——词汇升级

普通表达：We should try our best to improve ourselves through learning and get prepared for the future.

高级表达：We should take_pains/spare_no_pains to improve ourselves through learning and get prepared for the future.

4．breathe vi.呼吸 (1)breathe in/out 吸入/呼出

breathe deeply ＝ take a deep breath 深呼吸 (2)breath n．呼吸 hold one's breath 屏住呼吸 short of breath 呼吸困难 out of breath 上气不接下气

be difficult to breathe 呼吸起来很困难

breathe the fresh air at the same time 同时呼吸新鲜空气

held their breath to see who would win the gold medal 他们屏住呼吸来看谁赢得金牌

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①(2015·湖北卷)As I got closer, I saw him kicking his legs in the air and breathing(breathe) heavily. ②We all held our breath(breathe) when the teacher announced the results of the election.

③If you don't mind, I'll stop and take a deep breath. [能力提升]——完成句子

等我爬到山顶的时候，已经是上气不接下气了。

By the time I got to the top of the hill, I was quite out_of_breath. 5．be connected with 与……有联系/关系 (1)be connected to 与……相连接

connect ...with/to ...把……和……联系/连接起来 connect with 投合；契合 (2)connection n．联系；关系 have connection with 与……有关系 in connection with 与……有关